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Anyone interested in seeing Shadowrun become available again...

ICptJackSparrow — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:22:17 +0000

GOG has launched a new video game preservation initiative called Dream List, the concept is simple, whatever is voted on the most, GOG will reach out to the publisher in an effort to get it on the GOG store.

With that said, Shadowrun 2007 now has a listing, so go vote and hope that we see some talks happen for a modern port with potential bug fixes

https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/shadowrun-2007
Shadowrun Dreamlist | GOG.COM
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Shadowrun Dreamlist | GOG.COM

Shadowrun update for 2023

ICptJackSparrow — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 22:25:50 +0000

2023 UPDATE:
This game IS still being played.
Here's where to look for more details (and I'll try to keep this group updated as well!)

And welcome 3M3RGx as a mod to this group!

And check out this ACTIVE group: SHADOWRUN FPS

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ShadowrunFPS

Install Guide:

https://discord.gg/KQZt9ERwWK

The discord is
Join the This is Shadowrun Discord Server!
Shadowrun 2007 FPS. It really works in 2023. | 1,441 members
http://Discord.gg/Shadowrun

GfWL - Games for Windows LIVE Service Update

ICptJackSparrow — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 22:47:51 +0000

By now I'm sure many of you have noticed that the Games for Windows Marketplace has been closed down.
Old news, sure.
I'm also sure the many of you have heard tale of the fact the Microsoft is planning on shutting down the LIVE service, in particular, the Games for Windows LIVE service as of July of this year.
What would this mean? It basically would mean that nay game that uses the LIVE service for online play, verification or even cloud saving is no longer going to be playable.
Games like Shadowrun, Halo 2, Bulletstorm, Gears of War and many others would be of no use to you anymore.

Well...

Microsoft has been quelling this rumor of late by stating the following:

Originally posted by GameInformer:
We are continuing to support the Games for Windows Live service. As previously announced, as part of the retirement of Microsoft Points the Xbox.com PC marketplace was closed. Although customers are unable to purchase new games from the marketplace or receive title updates, they can continue to enjoy previously purchased content by downloading them through the Games for Windows Live client as usual. We remain committed to investing in PC gaming in the years ahead, and look forward to sharing more in the future.

Note in particular the line:
Although customers are unable to purchase new games from the marketplace or receive title updates, they can continue to enjoy previously purchased content by downloading them through the Games for Windows Live client as usual.

For now at least this means that the service that allows us to play many of these games will stay in place. So hopefully we will not be losing many of these classics to the wind afterall.
Although I do not know for how long this will last, I am hopeful that it will be for some time to come.

At the very least I hope for an alternative way to play some of these games if they can not be played over LIVE in the future, perhaps maybe even Microsoft would release LIVE to Steam or some sort of client that would allow people to set up their own services. That would be nice...

Original article here at http://gameinformer.com

Shadowrun Server Temporarily Down

ICptJackSparrow — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:53:34 +0000

I"m sure some of you have noticed my serve has not been up.
It's not that I decided to take it down, but more that I'm having line issues with my ISP, the connection is not "clean" like it used to be, as a result I'm getting complaints of some lag.
If you have played on my server in the past you know I take pride in the fact that it WAS lag free.
I am currently shopping other ISP's and hope to have it running again soon.
At the very least I hope that I can get my current ISP to find where the fault in the line is, because it is NOT on my end.

I will keep you updated.

Shadowrun Community Event coming soon

ICptJackSparrow — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:55:27 +0000

Well, things have been collecting dust around here for long enough.

It's time for another community event.

I'm thinking in a couple weeks, so every one has time to plan for it.

I'll be doing TWO separate events, just so everyone has a chance (and NO excuses) to play.

Anyway, I'll do one during the week some evening, and another probably on a Saturday or a Sunday early afternoon (my time zone, EDT, GMT-4)

So if you all have a preferred time or day, say so now.

Shadowrun Tournament!

ICptJackSparrow — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:56:41 +0000

(from www.playshadowrun.com , posted by Blood eL)

DEADLINE: Saturday March 24, 2012

Matches to be played on Wednesday and Saturday. Match 1 will be on Wednesday March 21, 2012

Maps:
Lobby (Small) Attrition
Nerve Center (Small) Attrition
Pinnacle Attrition
Power Station Attrition
Lobby Extraction
Nerve Center Extraction
Pinnacle Extraction

Rules:

1. Only 2 Substitution allowed per team per round. The 2 teams will decide amongst themselves if the sub is similar in skill. If there is a dispute, the one of the referees will decide who is an acceptable sub.
2. No players may play on PC. If you want to do a check, then tell all players in the match to say something on their Mic. If they refuse to say anything on their mic then they will forfeit the match.
3. All players must use their registered gamertag. If a player has 2 accounts, then he must notify in the teams staff that the player has another gamertag.
4. The top seeded team (the team that is on top) will get host on the first and third map. The bottom seeded team gets host on the second map. If there is only one acceptable host then play on that host.
5. The team that is off-host chooses what side they want to play on.
6. Karma is allowed. If the team hosting the room has Karma turned off, they will forfeit the game (not the match though)
7. Referees are PlayShadowrun and Bloody El. We handle all conflicts that happen in the tournaments.
8. Xbox 360 Console only.
9. Tournament is 4v4. You may have 5 people on your roster, but only 4 can participate in matches.

If teams are meeting for the second time, then they will play a best of 7 series like prior tournaments.

Example Best of 3 Series 1:

Lobby Attrition
Pinnacle Extraction
Nerve Center Attrition

Series 2 (now Best of 7) would be:
Lobby Extraction (Map played least recently but on Extraction)
Power Station Attrition(It was the map that hasn't been played)
Nerve Center Extraction (Last extraction map)
Pinnacle Attrition (last map)

This part is now more confusing. Contact Bloody El, PlayShadowrun, or Siris if you have questions regarding this.

Disconnection Rules:

I had this happen to me this tournament and I realized that there needed to be some ground-rules on this.

If the host of the game lags out, then the game will be reset with the host team forfeiting the round that was played and forfeit the host for the map (Example: If the team with host has a 4-2 lead and it is in the middle of round 7 when the game disconnects, then they will forfeit the round)

If the scenario above is true, then the host team would then of course have to give up host for the game (note: not series, round). Also, since the team was leading 4-3, then they will start the game up by as many round as they were leading (in this case, the game would start with a 1-0 lead for the team that originally had host)

How is that done appropriately? The team would throw grenades at the ground to commit suicide, thus losing the round. Neither team is allowed to pick up the artifact for extra money. Lets keep this as simple as possible!

(Protip: Have one person hand out money to everyone else, and then have that same person commit suicide. Once he does that, everyone else hand their money back to the person who committed suicide first, then commit suicide. That way, no one loses money by friendly fire)

My Shadowrun Server IS back up and running!

ICptJackSparrow — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:47:43 +0000

For those who've not notice, yes, it's back up and running, and even better, has not crashed in over a week (this is due to LIVE issues, never because of my hardware).

And even better yet, it's been seeing a lot of traffic lately. I'd like to thank the guys over at PlayShadworun.com for that, especially Prophet!

I'd also like to point out that YProphetY hosts a WEEKLY Shadowrun Event every Sunday (which it actaully starts at around Midnight, so think of it as late night Saturday).

Please correct me if I'm wrong about the day and time.

This weekly event usually ends up being recorded and post on his PlayShadowrun.com website as montages of the games of the evenings highlights (and "lowlights" :P )

Happy New Year!

ICptJackSparrow — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:05:00 +0000

I wanted to wish all you Shadowrunners out there a happy and prosperous new year!

On a less festive note, in case some of you have NOT noticed, it appears that my dedicated server is offline.
It is actually ONLINE, but the LIVE system is buggered up again, and as such it is not showing the server in the server browser. This is also affecting the Halo 2 server browser.

Hopefully this will be remedied soon.

New Shadowrun Online game coming!

ICptJackSparrow — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:57:23 +0000

First off, no it's NOT a sequel to my good old Shadowrun FPS Cross-Platform Gem, no, not even close.

It is however going to be an RPG reminiscent of the old console versions of the game.
I like the stories behind Shadowrun, quite a bit actually.

Will I like this game? I'll have to wait and see like everyone else. Truth be told, I'm not a fan of the play style they propose, BUT they ARE claiming a truer to canon experience.
So like I said, we'll wait and see...

Here's where the developer is talking about it:
http://www.cliffhanger-productions.com/content/list/details/id/65

Why not give me your thoughts after reading.

Shadowrun Community Event Coming VERY Soon!

ICptJackSparrow — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:48:31 +0000

I plan on hosting a Games for Windows LIVE community event soon.

I hope to make this Shadowrun Event a Cross-Platform event to boot.

This will NOT be at my usual event time, Saturday afternoons at 1PM EDT, but instead I plan on hosting this one in the evening.

This is where I need your help.

Leave me comments, or message me what day of the week would suit you best, and what time of day you think would work best, make sure to post time zones though, I wouldn't want any confusion.

I look forward to your comments and messages!